ZANAFLEX Reviews (TIZANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (125 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZANAFLEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZANAFLEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Back muscle spasms | Makes me feel loopy out of it. Falling a sleep while sitting up | F | 51 | 10 days 12mg | 6/2/2013 | 5 | migraines/TMJ | inability to see straight, trouble walking, and slurred speech. | In higher doses, be close to a couch or bed. Sleep is almost immediate. Complete relaxation of all muscles is quickly attained. Relieves tension of muscles which tense during migraine pain. | F | 31 | 8 months 10mg 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 2 | Tension headaches | Sluggishness and tired | Doc called this in today, 4mg, told me to take one in the evening. Took the first one and noticed a little grogginess, but felt headache actually coming back and getting worse. About an hour and a half later, took a second one. So far useless, might call my doctor tomorrow. And worse off, I can't take the Fioricet he gave me b/c I really don't wanna mix the two and risk oversleeping tomorrow and missing work. | M | 29 | 1 days 4mg 1X day | 6/29/2012 | 3 | Muscle spasms | Dizziness slowed speech hard to walk but no pain at all take about 4 and you will be really high lmao that's what I use for | M | 44 | 2 months 4MG | 5/8/2012 | 4 | Muscle Spasms and Headaches | Vivid dreams that would turn into sleep walking. | Worked very well for muscle spasms and headaches. | F | 24 | 3 weeks 4mg 1X day | 11/19/2011 | 4 | muscle tension/migraines/insomnia | dry mouth, sleepiness, kinda hazy feeling | works great for my insomnia when i take three at once. i have been on every medication possible for my migraines and nothing works this is the first medication to actually make me sleep but it is short acting.most of the pain medications they had me on would keep me awake so its nice to just be able to fall asleep. it does wear off after four hours so a repeat dose is sometimes nessesary to sleep thru the night. | F | 26 | 4 months 4mg 3X day | 11/18/2011 | 4 | migraines | slight drowsiness | I take 1mg upon waking, 1mg in the afternoon & 3mg before bed. My Dr wanted me to only take this med @ bedtime (1mg for 1 week & increase to current dosage) but after researching it & finding its effectiveness lasts only a few hours, I decided to split the dosage up & take it while awake! Dr gave her Ok (I would have done it anyway) but I did do it on her weekly schedule. I'm @ 5mg now (will continue to increase probably). It helps (though has not been a cure) & I don't have any side effects. Drowsiness is not major. In fact, I wake up sooner than I did before taking this medication. I sleep deeper, possibly, but seem to wake up earlier. | F | 38 | 2 months 5mg 1X day | 10/4/2011 | 2 | Muscle spasms/ tension headaches | I took one pill before bed. The next day, I experienced depression, fatigue and anxiety. I felt like my insides were vibrating!! It does seem to help with the muscle spasms, but not worth feeling like this! | F | 43 | 4 mg 3X day | 8/18/2011 | 1 | IC Bladder disease | I started out with breaking the medication into 1/4 tried it and it made me very shaky nervous, and caused me to urinate alot..I was so dried up in my mouth and with the stomach sick feeling like i need to throw up...I then was itchy all over... I would not recommend taking this medication.. | F | 44 | 2 days 4mg 2X day | 7/15/2011 | 5 | Fibro. Auto Accidents chronic pain | Slows heartrate, bp and respirations but is not a problem for me. | If you are taking it to help you sleep there is a catch... If you take one or two pills, they will wear off within 2 to 3 hours and you wake up. My doc prescribed me Ambien and it helps keep me asleep. I take a very high dose of zanaflex before bed, 2 1/2 pills or (10mg). I am a true insomniac and rarely get my deep sleep(rem's) This will do the trick. I also suffer from migraines and sometimes I sub one zanaflex and take one 50mg phenegan. This lets me get a full night of restful sleep and most of the time the migraine is gone. | F | 46 | 2 years 4mg 3X day | 1/7/2011 | 3 | Multiple Trigger Points in Back | I have never tripped from a medicine until last night. I took only 1/2 of the pill, and was so dizzy I could barely stand. I started hallucinating while looking at a picture of myself, it was moving, which freaked me out. It definitely helped, but it wasn't worth my side effects. I don't like to be out of it like that. I am no longer going to take it. | F | 28 | 1 days 4mg 1X day | 11/3/2010 | 2 | Multiple Sclerosis | Very detailed dreams which I enjoy, I take two 4MG pills before bed. Twice perhaps taking them to close to the middle pill, I became groggy and my wife checked my blood pressure and it was 60 over 40 | I don’t think it helps the spasticity as I have been on baclofen for 2 years and nothing changed, but maybe it would be worse now, who knows | M | 74 | 6 months 4 MG 4X day | 8/31/2010 | 2 | for insomnia due to back pain | kaljvlkan ej | lkajd klnbavklen | F | 29 | 1 years 4mg 2X day | 6/11/2010 | 3 | Fibromyalgia, multiple spinal discs | Nightmares! I hate the nightmares! It works OK, but I have to fight sleep for hours, or I'll be staring in my own Sci-Fi/horror movie. Dry mouth - big time, but I can deal with that. | I take it in emergencies, for really bad back pain, in addition to my regular pain meds. It helps, but I can't take it too close to bedtime, due to the side effect. | M | 40 | 10 months 4mg 2X day | 6/6/2010 | 2 | Back pain | None really | It just didnt do much, it made me a little tired but no relief | M | 35 | 1 months 30 3X day | 5/18/2010 | 1 | Migraines | Jittery feeling, sleeplessness (insomnia), dizziness. | My FNP ordered Zanaflex along with Cymbalta to treat my frequent migraines and the Zanaflex was to help me sleep at night. Well, that did not happen. I fell asleep then awakened feeling jittery, dizzy & unable to fall back asleep about 2 hours after. I tried the it a second night thinking it was due to taking the Cymbalta too late in the day only to have the same thing happen again. I am certain it is just my system and this drug will work for other individuals. | F | 52 | 2 days 4-6 MG 1X day | 3/17/2010 | 4 | fibromyalgia; herniated discs; musc | slurred speech but helped the most. my whole support group drove me off of it and now i have to take flexeril which i hate... | THE BEST!!!! | M | 21 | 3 months 4 1X day | 2/25/2010 | 2 | Muscle spasms | Hallucinations | It took an hour for the 4 mg capsule to kick in, however as soon as it did and I began to fall asleep, I started to hallucinate badly. I saw black and grey squares, and my environment was closing in on me. I slept for 4 hours with it. Never again. | F | 34 | 1 days 4 mg 1X day | 2/3/2010 | 3 | myofascial & neuropathic pain | Depression, feeling unmotivated, sleepiness the next day, anxiety, crying a LOT & easily, dry mouth, difficulty swallowing | I started taking this after a car accident. It seemed to be the only med that would touch my neuropathic pain. I was taking 6 mg at bedtime and sometimes another 4mg during the night if I woke up. It didn't always help me sleep. My current boyfriend thought it was having a bad effect on my personality, so I stopped taking it. I was still anxious for about a week, but then I quit crying all the time, & was no longer feeling overwhelmed and depressed. If you take this, pay attention to your mood and ask family and friends for feedback on your mood as well. | F | 45 | 4.5 years | 10/3/2009 | 3 | TMJ, Migraines | Constant, aching, arthritis pain in both knees. This little known side effect was listed in the package insert. | Helped tremendously with TMJ and migraines, but I had to stop taking it because my knees got so bad. | F | 58 | 4 weeks | 8/12/2009 |